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As our Month long of Scrappy Fun almost comes to a end...

I thought it might be kinda fun to show you a Scrappy Project from the very start to the very finish!

As in the original project, then the scraps from the project, and then the project created from the scraps! {did ya catch all that?}

My friend Sheri made 4 Shelby Mine Purses recently for Christmas. Each one in a totally different colorway.

#1) What I would call Dark Country... It has that country vibe with Sheep, Roosters, Wood- Grain, Apples... And, dark homey colors: Deep Red and Forest Green.

#2) I would call this Soft and Subdued... It has a bit of the country / cottage vibe in soft and subtle colors: Denim Blues and Saddle Browns.

#3) This would be the Bright and Cheery one... It has the ever popular Aqua and Red with a bit of Pink too.

#4) I don't have a photo of #4. But it was made with this Charm Pack... Happy Greens and Sunny Yellows in a bit of Country...

It might be a little overwhelming to imagine all the scraps from these 4 projects in one quilt...

How bout if we grab all the scraps from these four purses

Press them...

and sort them by color...

Sheri's scraps were mostly 1.5" strips left over from the Charm Squares she used in her purses.

Now when you see them all together it doesn't look too bad.

But let's break them up a bit just for fun...

I've sorted them into different colorways.... You could come up with some scraptacular projects using just a few colors from this big pile of scraps...

Pink, Green and Brown...

Red, White, and Blue with a bit of Gray...

This is a pretty combo... Sunny Yellow and Happy Green make that darker country black floral pop!

But what if I chose just about 5 colors from that big pile of scraps, sewed them together, and then used my funky pinwheel template to make a funky pinwheel block?

I've never made Scrappy Funky Pinwheel's before... And I LOVE them!

And look how well the dark deep turquoise prints from purse #1 blends in with the bright aqua prints from purse #3.

Even the dark reds from Purse #1 sit next to the bright reds from purse's #3 and #4 pretty well.

I used white Kona cotton for the background... And to tie the quilt together I bought the Aqua and Red Dot for the Border.

With just a little sorting, pressing, and sorting again... I was able to put together a bright, happy and fun little baby quilt from 4 completely different colorways/projects! For me... The possibilities are endless with Scraps!

I've done up some Instructions with Photos for the Scrappy Funky Pinwheel Block in PDF format.

If you would like to download the PDF instructions for the scrappy block, you can do so

NOTE:

This Scrappy version is made using my Funky Pinwheel Template set, and 1 1/2" x at least 5" scraps.

You WILL NEED the Funky Pinwheel Template Set and Instructions to make this scrappy version. And to use the Scrappy Instructions...

The templates are NEW and IMPROVED and back in my Etsy Shop!

I am no longer hand cutting them. And they are 1/8" thick now! I'm just thrilled with the way they have turned out and will be adding my other templates and some Square It Up! templates to the shop soon!

TOMORROW I reveal the GRAND PRIZE !!! And your last chance to ENTER to win it! I can't wait for you to see all the goodies we're GIVING AWAY!!!

See You Tomorrow and Happy Scrappy Sewing!

ooxx`jodi

Today on Pleasant Home, we have our last featured blogger and featured tutorial for our month long Sew Scraps Along!

Today I'm pleased to have Andrea from Knitty Bitties as a guest...

Andrea's featured Tutorial is this Simply Fantastic little project she made with her fabric crumbs!

What are Fabric Crumbs? You ask..... Well Andrea and I just happen to both think - they are your Fabric Scraps that are less than a Charm Square (5" x 5").

The littlest, itsiest, bitsiest Fabric Scraps that you "could" actually sew with.

Here is a little bit of my crumbs....

And here are the 5"x5" blocks I made using Andrea's Tutorial and my Fabric Crumbs... Tomorrow I'll share my finished project with you.

A little birdie told me that not only does Andrea have an awesome tutorial on her blog, she's GIVING AWAY a great little stack of Fabric!!! So hurry on over to take a look at Andrea's Project and enter to win! :)

Happy Scrappy Sewing.... ooxx`jodi